Etymology
1. c.1300, "to scrape," from M.Du.
raspen, O.Fr.
rasper "to grate, rasp," from a W.Gmc. source (cf. O.E.
gehrespan) akin to the root of raffle (q.v.). Vocalic sense is from 1843. The noun meaning "coarse file" is from 1541, from M.Fr.
raspe, from O.Fr.
rasper "to rasp."
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
4. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb /*(s)krebʰ-
5. Proto-Germanic *hrepsaną /*hrepspaną
6. Proto-Germanic *hrespaną
7. Proto-Germanic *hraspōną
8. Frankish *hraspōnbor.
9. Vulgar Latin *raspāre
10. Old French rasperbor.
11. Middle English raspen
12. English rasp
13. Inherited from Middle English raspen (“to scratch, scrape”), borrowed from Old French rasper (“to grate, scratch”), from Vulgar Latin *raspāre (“to scrape; to scratch”), borrowed from Frankish *hraspōn (“to rasp or grate”), from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną (same meaning, plus “to steal”), from *hrespaną (“to tear, rip; to plunder”).
14. Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to plunder”).
15. The noun is from Middle French raspe (whence Modern French râpe), deverbal of rasper, from Old French rasper (see above). See: Old French '
rasper'.
Verbs referencing "rasp"
French
râper, Ido raspar, Esperanto
raspi, German, old spelling
raspeln.